
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Helen Virginia Horton (November 21, 1923 – September 28, 2007) was an American actress. She was born in Chicago and had a brief career in New York. She married Hamish Thomson and lived near London. She worked extensively in British television, radio and theatre, and had three children; her granddaughter is the English actress Lily James. Horton voiced the ship's computer, "Mother", in the 1979 film Alien. Horton attended Northwestern University where she became lifelong friends with Patricia Neal (Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still). She was well thought of in the drama department and was cast as Viola, the lead role in Twelfth Night, with Neal cast as Olivia, in a university production of the Shakespeare play. In September 1945, Horton and Neal took a shared apartment in New York and looked for work. They both got parts in a production of Seven Mirrors at the Blackfriars Theatre. Horton took over from Vivien Leigh as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire after the play's London run was completed and it began to tour the United Kingdom. When Neal mentioned the connection to Leigh, she remarked "No one takes over for me, dear. When I leave a play, it's over."

as Grace Torrence

as Julia Olivera
1989

as Judge's Wife
1979

as Grace Torrence
1965

as Mother (voice)
1979

as American Passenger
1979

as Helen
1960

as Brenda Claffern
1965

as Mrs Lovell Wallace
1972

1969

as Mrs Quade
1963

as Nancy
1973

as Miss Henderson
1983
as Mrs Bigard
1985

as ALA Group Leader
1990

as Martha
1988

as Mrs Bigard
1985

as Red Cross Lady
1984

as Miss Henderson
1983

as Mrs Lovsky
1980

as Mother (voice)
1979

as Ana
1977

as Nancy
1977

as Mildred Eldridge
1974

as Aunt Beth
1972
as Mrs. Bucher
1970

as Susan Wright
1969

as Dodie Rubens
1969

as Brenda Claffern
1966

as Sylvia Kingsley
1960

as Barbara Craig
1957

as Clarice Morrison
1957

as Sadie Whitelaw
1957

as Marie ('Strange Journey')
1953
as Grace Torrence
1 ep.

as Julia Olivera
1 episodes

as Judge's Wife
1 episodes

as Grace Torrence
1 episodes

as American Passenger
1 episodes

as Helen
1 episodes

as Brenda Claffern
1 episodes

as Mrs Lovell Wallace
1 episodes

58 episodes

as Mrs Quade
1 episodes

as Nancy
1 episodes

as Clare
1 episodes

as Nurse at Playhouse
2 episodes
as Mrs. Van Diemen
5 episodes